132 years back Sir Arthur Conan Doyle started writing as a pass time while waiting for his patients. Professionally into medical practice, Doyle wrote his first novel, The Mystery of Cloomber which was not published till 1888. He might have
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The lives of film stars grant many a voyeur an interesting subject. The bread and butter for the paparazzi, their lives have always sparked a degree of interest. From flashy cars to the latest designer wear, they provide the ultimate
Andy Warhol felt guilty whenever there was any food leftovers- owing to his fabulously poor and obscure childhood – before he attained international fame for his pop art. It’s hard to ignore the fact that most of his work revolved
It was August 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr. Gave his famous, “I Have A Dream” speech, a speech that pushed multitudes of people across the world to shed their fears, inhibitions and anxieties and dare to hope, to fight
Everybody seems to be protesting something these days. But does all of it succeed in effecting the desired change? It’s not always about the violence, the bullhorns and the angry crowds. Sometimes, being quirky is a better way to get
Sir Alex Ferguson, famous for managing one of the greatest-ever football teams, is practically synonymous with football itself. The site www.rsvlts.com was of the opinion that if there were to be a Mount Rushmore of soccer, Ferguson would certainly grace
From modest beginnings of a chai-wallah to a viable contender for the Prime-Ministership of India, Mr. Narendra Modi could well be described as a self-made man, and he now seems to want to make himself into the man: as in,